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Mibuna

$3.90
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Very similar to mizuna but with smooth edged leaves. In warmer areas it is best planted in the winter, avoiding the peak caterpillar season of Feb-March. In cool areas plant from spring to autumn. Mibuna is a salad green from Japan, use while young; older leaves can be steamed as a spinach or eaten in soups and stir-fries.

Product: Mibuna

Product type: SEED (200)

Botanical name: Brassica rapa var. nipposinica

Syn.: Syn. Mibu greens.

Syn. Mibu greens; very similar to mizuna but with smooth edged leaves. The flavour is spicy and crisp. A salad green from Japan, best used when young. It is often grown as part of a salad mix and can be cut a few leaves at a time. Older leaves can be steamed as a spinach or eaten in soups and stir-fries. It is heat and cold tolerant and slow to bolt. The flowers are attractive to beneficial insects.

Plant type: Annual cool season crop

Plant height: 35 cm

Sow when: Germinate best between 10 - 28°C

Temperate: Spring, autumn

Subtropical: March - May

Tropical: April - August

Germination: 3 - 10 days

Depth: 10 mm deep, cover with fine soil, firm down

Position: Full sun

Sow where: Sow direct

Soil type: Fertile, well drained, pH 6 - 6.5; heavy feeder, add compost

Rows: 40 cm apart

Details: Sow every 3 weeks for a continuous supply

Harvest: 21 days baby leaf, 40 days full size

Suitable for hot and humid: Suitable for hot and humid growing conditions

200 seeds per packet

Brassica rapa var. nipposinica

Syn. Mibu greens.

Annual cool season crop

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Mibuna

$3.90

Very similar to mizuna but with smooth edged leaves. In warmer areas it is best planted in the winter, avoiding the peak caterpillar season of Feb-March. In cool areas plant from spring to autumn. Mibuna is a salad green from Japan, use while young; older leaves can be steamed as a spinach or eaten in soups and stir-fries.

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